Vicent,
Thank you! Using Image Statistics, I could see that the three channels then all had the same median value (and the standard deviations were similar as well. does that generally happen?)
The part I guessed on was what to choose for the background reference image. I did select a little preview of the background, and then used the Region of Interest option. But then there was a part in that same background section to specify the reference image (again). I picked the whole image and it seemed to work, but should the background reference image choice be the background preview, or the whole image?
In any case, I got some nice golds an teals-looks pretty!
Thanks,
Bob Hertgel